I. ˈlüzə(r) noun
( -s )
: one that loses: as
a. : one that consistently loses or is likely to lose or is behind (as in a game or competition)
a cheerful loser
b. Britain : losing hazard
c. : a card that may be expected to lose a trick or that does lose a trick in bridge
discarded his club losers on the established spades in dummy
d. : one that is convicted of a penal offense
II. noun
: one who is incompetent or unable to succeed
believes that any woman unmarried after the age of twenty-two is a loser — Lyn Tornabene
also : something doomed to fail or disappoint
the breaded and fried veal cutlet Milanese … had to be a loser — Mimi Sheraton